Michele's disappearance reminds me of this woman. In that case, she disappeared around Christmas time. She had spent a lifetime ensuring happy holidays for family, including 3 children. That year, she was separated from her husband and her children were all busy. She was severely depressed.
In the cold snowy Winter, she walked roughly a mile, stepped into the icy Bow River, and vanished. She chose water for suicide, and made sure that she could not change her mind. Once in the water, the current, cold and ice would have incapacitated her within minutes.
Michele is described as a strong swimmer in cold water, fit, active and healthy. She is also described as suffering from depression. It's possible she made a choice of suicide by water by simply swimming away from shore, and not turning back. Leaving her clothes behind is an strong clue that she went into the water.
Her husband sounds devastated, and very upset that no one would help him. News reported that many boats were used to search for her, then we read that the boats were searching at night and in the early morning hours (to avoid alarming tourists). No one will find a body searching water at night with a couple of spot lights.
People laughed at him when he said that his wife was missing. Police didn't show up for 2 hours. Land searches were limited to one police officer driving along the road looking from side to side. Her husband must have been going out of his mind by the time he contacted the British Embassy for assistance.
Re "people laughing at him"
BEFORE
ppl realized the wife "suffered from possible MH problems"
I see this situation as ribald banter of sorts.
Men like poking fun at guys "having trouble with wives".
Something like,
"oh wait,
your lady left you??? hehe,
You lost your wife mate??? haha".
Especially in relaxing holiday surroundings.
While in relaxed mood.
Knowing Greeks,
they always find something to chuckle about.
BUT,
when they realized the situation was SERIOUS,
they helped him as much as they could.
This is MY OPINION.
I was sometimes being laughed at too in Greece
(when I did or said something silly)
but in a funny, humorous way.
Never offensive.
And I too chuckled with them.
I honestly think this opinion about "being laughed at"
was taken out of context here.
Greeks are lovely people.
JMO
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